The Baconing, the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, & Elevator Action Deluxe — all that and more on this week’s PlayStation Network Releases for August 30th, 2011!

Boy oh boy is there so much digital content to choose from in the last batch of PlayStation Network goodies for August 2011. First things first, is the second game in the PSN PLAY event and final chapter in the DeathSpank trilogy from Hothead Games, The Baconing. Mmm… The Baconing. I don’t care what the game is about, but from name alone, it owns in every way.

Although, if you do care about what The Baconing entails, it’s over 100 new quests and 3 new locations to explore. You, the hero DeathSpank, must seek out and defeat a new threat to Spanktopia, and this time it’s you, the AntiSpank. Using your Weapons of Justice, warriors must bring about peace once again to the land, in this hilarious tale of fantasy and sci-fi hijinks.

Meanwhile — if you want to reminisce about a period in videogame history where parents of America had their knickers in a bunch over a fighting game series, that by today’s standards, thanks to the likes of God of War seem kid-friendly mother-approved in comparison, how about picking up the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection.

For $10, the “kollection” includes the arcade versions of Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 — three well-regarded arcade hits along with online play, leaderboards, and trophies for all you gaming completionists. Now, if ninjas and humanoid tigers with 3 arms aren’t your thing (how dare you,) for the same price, the creator of Space Invaders, might have something just for you.

That would be Elevator Action Deluxe. And much how Bionic Commando Rearmed brought back to life a good yet forgotten title of yesteryear, Taito’s new take on the side-scrolling platformer — where the player uses elevators and puzzle-thinking skills to evade enemy spies and collect secret documents — does the same, by giving it a modern look, new additions like new weapons, and new (offline) multiplayer modes.

Flippin’ honrytoads! I still haven’t even gotten around to the other big stuff that’s also on this week’s list of PlayStation Network releases; the amount is really that impressive. Say the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Beta for PlayStation Plus members or ClaDun X2 for the PlayStation Portable.

Alas, my time is short. So I guess I’ll leave it to you to be good little videogame connoisseurs and check out the rest. Godspeed!

Need another reason to pick up a PlayStation 3? How about a PS3 console bundle featuring one of the best-selling games of all time, Call of Duty: Black Ops.

The Call of Duty series, despite what you might think about its quality (or lack there of,) is one of the few names in gaming that universally transcend beyond the deep do-not-trespass borders of gaming geekdom. The name has become has become so synonymous with video games, especially explode-y bullets-flying-everywhere ones. It’s this prevalence through the Wal-Mart mainstream which has in no doubt brought in the endless supply of money trucks for Activision.

The current iteration – Call of Duty: Black Ops – astonishingly sold more than $7 million copies worldwide just 24 hours after it launched back in November 2010. As of now, it’s reported that those sales hover well above $1 billion – yes, I’ll say that again if you somehow got light-headed hearing it the first time – one billions dollars. With those kinds of mind-bending numbers, you would think a company might be more inclined to give out a free copy every now and then, oh like in a limited edition console bundle. Honestly, I’m pretty sure that’s not the reasoning behind this very occasion, but such a thing is happening with the announcement of a Limited Edition PlayStation 3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Bundle.

Coming soon on May 31, retailers everywhere will start selling the Call of Duty: Black Ops Bundle – featuring a 160 GB PlayStation 3 system and a copy of the blockbuster critically-acclaimed Call of Duty: Black Ops. Oh but wait, this special bundle has more feathers in its cap than just a PlayStation 3 and a free game though – because included in the box is the First Strike Content Pack – a downloadable add-on that includes five multiplayer maps and zombies (thankfully, online is back for the PlayStation Network for you to enjoy that.)

Seriously, a best-selling game ever, a PlayStation 3, bonus multiplayer content, and zombies – what more could anyone ask for?! And better yet, it’s all for the regular price of a stand alone PlayStation 3, $299.

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http://ps3maven.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-official-trailer-released/#commentsWed, 25 May 2011 09:33:49 +0000http://ps3maven.com/?p=6961Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Official Trailer Released

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” promises to be the most ambitious project yet among the series.

Coming out on November the 8th this year, the game will take us through somewhat fifteen missions around countries and cities from all over the world. We’ll get to see (blown to pieces) places like Dharamsala, New York, Sierra Leone, London, Mogadishu, Hamburg, Paris, Prague, Berlin, Moscow’s Kremlin, Dubai and Washington D. C..

War had been brought to the very soil of the United States of America under the siege of Russian forces on the previous Modern Warfare, and in this release, the action takes place from there. In this release, we’ll assume the roles of some of the characters presented in the previous games, like Price and Soap who had been seriously injured and went on the run in Modern Warfare 2, and also play as new characters, like the two Delta Force operatives code-named Frost and Sandman.

And now, an official gameplay trailer of this remarkably promising game has been released. Enjoy.

Did you take a look at the awesome physics, the epic shooting and explosions, the scenarios’ recreation, the…? Err… If you’ll excuse me, I need to watch that video again.

Not that we have not seen few cakes that have been inspired by PS3 or Playstation products, but this one here just caught me off guard. The Playstation 3 Cake baked by Xtra Special looks quite crude but on a deeper look, it seems to be one of the most genuine and honest cakes around. It is almost like the rough on the outside, but delicious inside kind of story.

It has been baked for the 12th birthday of a Call of Duty fan. The cake consists of a PS3 console which is baked to perfection with even Sony and Playstation words written on it. The controller looks pretty crude too, and makes me wonder if the cake was baked for the 12 year old kid or the kid himself or herself baked it.

Nevertheless, it must be one of the more interesting and tastier cakes a sweet toothed gamer can bite into. While I try to understand the dynamics between cakes and video games, you could check out some of the other cakes that we have featured earlier. You could check out the Yummy PS3 Controller Cake which could make any child or adult go weak in the knees. The Sackboy Cake will turn any gamer into a glutton.